Standard 2:  Professional Development is a continuous process of learning through consciously constructed relevant job-embedded experiences so that professional development experiences and professional learning are integrated in the day-to day work of teachers, administrators, and others to support improved practices, effectiveness and the application of skills, processes, and content. (e.g., action research, study groups, online learning, collegial professional learning  networks, peer collaboration,  peer coaching, mentoring, formal and informal peer observations, coaching, instructional demonstrations, collegial feedback, personal reflection, team planning,  collaborative-problem solving, analysis of student work, self directed learning).

• PD is sustained, intensive, classroom-focused and is on in order to have a positive and lasting impact on classroom instruction, the teacher’s performance in the classroom, and increased student performance; and
• PD is not one-day or short-term workshops or conferences unless they are a component of an intentionally designed comprehensive professional development plan based on teacher needs and student needs.